Farmers' Champion (Elgin, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 1, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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Farmer's Champion
J. 8. SOULE Publisher
ELGIN
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES
Ground In being broken for a three-
story MaRonlc Temple nt Iilnbol.
Stillwater Cherokeo nml Norman
nre among Oklahoma towns tlint liavo
votcrl out poolhnllH.
Ryan Okla. Is to Imvo n bund. I'rof.
Ward Into of tho U. S. navy linn been
secured ns director.
Among other nssets owned by tho
McCurtnlu Btatn bank Is tho local
electric Unlit plant.
Whllo drilling for oil In Pawnco
county a twenty-foot vein of coal wan
struck by tho drillers.
A vast ncrcngu of wheat has been
sown between Allno and Cherokee uc
cording to tho AllneChronoRcopc.
So many Outlirlo cltlrons nttonded
tho Crescent "opening celebration"
that no ono was loft In town to blow
the whlstlo that dny.
Hobbers Wow tho pnstnfflro Rafo nt
Onrber recently obtaining a few dol-
lars In chango and leaving a pnekngo
of stamps untouched.
Lightning recently killed four
horBcs for Mr. David who lives north
of El Reno. Mr. David was plowing
with tho horses nt the time.
Two Kiowa county citizens went to
law over $7.70 and one received n
Judgment of $1.75 after the total costs
In tho case amnuntod to $175.
Tho burning gns well on tho .1. D.
Mayes place nenr Shay has attracted
tho nttentlon of gns men and as a re-
sult lenses nre vory much In demand.
Newspaper subscriptions wilt cou-
tlnuo to remain on the freo llsti not-
withstanding the government's action
pt sovernl years ago nays the Thomas
Tribune.
An auto firm in Duncnn has re-
ceived four car loads of nutos which
hnve been placed In tho city and
county. Twenty-eight cars comprised
the shipment.
Tlobbers Bocurcd $2200 nt the noon
hour recently from tho Cabin Na-
tional bank. Tho robbers It Is bo-
lieved entered tho bank room through
a cellar beneath tho building.
A company is being formed nt Dur-
ant to bo Incorporated as tho "South-
eastern Oklahoma Fair -Association"
and capitalized at $12500 and it Is
'stated that tho fnlr grounds will be
(built within tho city limits.
' Plans have boon perfected and tho
ipreparutory work 1b under way Tor tho
construction of an air domo theater
at Checotah. It will bo so nrrnngod
thnt If necessity demands it may bo
converted Into an opera house.
The Muldow Press wants tho stnto
capltnl buildings built on wheels so
ithnt they mny bo dragged around from
iplaco to place and every town in the
tnto may then have tho honor onto
a year of being the cnpltal.
To provide wntor for domestic pur-
pones as well as street sprinkling
citizens nt Wnurlkn have Installed
filters In Heaver creek tbo source of
local water supply. A street shrink-
ling system is being organlzod by
local morchnntR.
After eight months of continuous
work wntor has been turned Into Ho-
barfs new 300000000 gallon storage
reservojr covering sovonty ncies of
land. Wntor is taken from Little 101k
creek llvo miles nbovo Hobart
through an nlghtoem-lnch flow lino nml
tho fall Is thirty-eight feet neeessltnt-
Ing no pumping. It Is estimated It
will tako eight months to nil tho res-
ervoir but the water shortngo of the
past Is bellou'd solved. Tho reservoir
Is owned by the city and constructed
at a cost of $55000
Coffeyvllle has oted to donato $30.-
000 to the Slgglns Electric Company
'and nn electric line Is now assured iib
far as Nowata.
Tho big "round up" that has boon
vheld in Dowey for several jears and
which has proen so popular In that
sectlon of tho southwest Is to ho
)Stsed nguln this summon As usual.
It is to bo hold July 4 0 and (J.
That tho fire which destroyed tho
City hotel at Wllbuitou recently was
puroly nccldontnl was tho vordlct of
't'. C. Hammonds state tiro marshal
who has been nt Wllburton for tho
papt several days Invcstlbntlng Uio
blaze.
Active deveopment of tho big
.dolomlto qunrlcB at Creta 18 miles
wost of Alius on tho Frisco railroad
In tho near futuro Is promised In a
letter to Altus capitalists from J. C.
Drew of Dallas president of tho
Southwestern Quarry Cqppuny. which
purchased tho properties thoro tlueo
yenrs ago nt a cost of $500000 thu
docd at tho tlmo being tho largest
over filed lu tho records of Jackeoii
county
JAMES I. BLAKSLEE
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Jimii I. Blakslee the new fourth
assistant postmaster general la from
Pennsylvania and Is forty-three years
old. Ha hat been cannectet! for years
with the Lehigh Valley and the Penn-
ylvinla rallro-ds
INDIAN AFFAIRS TO BE SETTLED
The Sale of Surplus Land and the
Formation of a Rcsrrve Fund
for Benefit of Indian Schools
Washington. Representative C. D.
Carter has Introduced two bills lu tho
house designed to exp ito the final
settlement of tho nflutrs of the llvo
civilized IrllnH tu Oklahoma. Not
only do the measures provide for a
distribution or the triuni minis nut
nlso proxldc for u reserve for tho ben-
ellt of Indian schools.
Tho first three sections of tho twj
bills are identical but tho latter t.. '
sections four and flvo providing for
a division or the tribal estate differ
materially. Uoth these plans of di-
lslon of the common holdings of
these tribes nro oilglnnl with the Ok-
lahoma congressman.
The tribal estate of the Choctnws
ntx' f'hlekasnwH cuislstn rt coal ilnd
nsphnlt. lands oil lands timber lands
agilcultural luuus ami amounting to
dollars. A fulr estimate would prob-
ably be from $30000000 to $C0.()00-
000. which should glvo to ouch cash
beneficiary under either or tho Carter
blllB from $1000 to $1500. Stnco it
is generally conceded that the sals
of tho mineral deposits Is Impossible
nnd slnco tho department persistently
refuses to distribute nil funds duo
them to restricted Indians theso bills
provldo n reservation of Bamo as a
permanent school fund for certain
members of tho tribes of tho greater
degree of Indian blood commonly
known as the restiicted class.
Hoth bills direct tho secretary of
Itin Infnflni. in nYttfWlltn tllO flflln Of
the Riirfnco of tho segregated mineral
land nnd the remnlnder of tho unal-
lotted lands nml both direct nn early
classification and sale of tho tribal re-
sorvo lu thu Choctaw Nation ns agri-
cultural grazing ami timber lands tho
agricultural lands to bo sold for not
less than twice tho appraised value
nnd In tracts not exceeding 1G0 acres
each; grazing lnnds in tracts not ox-
coding r40 ncres each nnd timber
land lu tracts not exceeding 2500
ncres.
Hoth bills provldo for a division
onco during each fiscal year of all
tribal funds on hand until same nro
exhausted the same to bo mndo to all
unrestricted members of tho trlbo nnd
to u portion of the unrestricted mem-
bers while holding tho coal nnd as-
phalt as an edu'uilonal fund on behalf
or u portion of the so culled restricted
class.
Will Pass Anti-Jap Bill.
Washington --News or tho deter-
mination of tho legislative leaders In
Sacramento to frame nnd pass nn
alien lnml owning bill directly ells-
criminating ngalnst tho Japanese) wns
unofllclally received by tho stnto de-
partment with grnvo concern nnd dis-
appointment. Such n dovolopmont
had not been expected in view of tho
first fnornble comments In California
upon tho president's suggestion that
regards bo had for preservation of tho
friendly relations between this coun-
try nnd tho oriental nntloifs.
Without exact knowledge) of tho
form discrimination will Inko In tho
now bill ofllclnls hero ussumo thnt it
will resemble tho socnllcd assembly
measure which proposed to bnr from
Innilfhnldlng persons Inollglblo to cit-
izenship which coumb only Chinese.
"Tho legislature is not nt tho end
of Us resources and will contlnuo Its
efforts to amollorato harsh efforts' of
tho Japanese to cause tho Intorforonco
of tho stnto depiiitment." snld n mes-
sage of tho California governor to Sec-
retin y of Stnto lltynn on tho right of
tho people of California to leglslnto
on land-tenure.
SENATE AGAINST
PUBLIC
HEAK
NEW TARIFF BILL EXPECTED TO
BECOME A LAW AT AN
EARLY DATE.
DEBATE RESTRICTED TO FIVE DAYS
Senators from Arizona and Montana
and Other Opponents of Free
Wool and Free Sugar Hold
Conference.
Washington.- Hy a strict party vnto
tho senatn flnnnco eommltteo decided
finally thnt no public hearings would
be given upon tho tnrlft bill when it
reaches the sennto. Interested per-
sons will bo glvon n full opportunity
however to fllo briefs or statements
with tho eommltteo bearing on any
of tho tariff schedules.
Tho decision Is expected to shorten
materially tho tlmo that will bo con-
sumed In getting tho tariff bill beforo
tho senate for consideration. Tariff
dnbatn opened In tho houso at 11
o'clock Wednesday morning nnd in
tho hope that general debate can bo
limited to five days Democratic Lend-
er Underwood attempted to hold tho
houso to twelve hours of continuous
work dnlly. Another week of consid-
eration under the rulo permitting
amendments will send the bill to tho
sonuto shortly after Mny 15 it is be-
lieved. Tho tariff bill enmo back to tho
houso fiom tho ways nnd means eom-
mltteo with a vigorous supporting re
port from the democrats on the com
lntfP0 nml nn opposing report from
ti0 republican members
Tho noral debato will bo followed
jy concerted cftortR on tho part of
. rpluic.nB in tho houso to nmend
tMP bm ln all lt8 in0rtnnt schedules.
Whllo tho sennto flnnnco eommltteo
has decided that further hearings are
unnecessary tho democratic members
of the committee conferred with dem-
ocratic senators from Pacific coast
nnd Rocky mountain states who nro
opposed to tho freo sugar nnd free
wool provisions of the now bill. A
mimllor of W0BtPrn senators including
Senators Meyer of Montana nnd Ash-
urst of Arizona did not participate in
tho conference as they havo decided
to support the freo wool nnd sugar
program If it Is approved by tho
houso.
Tho conference demonstrated tho
strength npnlnnt these features of the
bill. Those who participated Insist
howover that there has ben no effort
to form nn offensive alliance against
tho measure na proof of which they
point to the fact that tho Louisiana
senators and others Interested In a
ehnngo of tho freo sugar and freo
wool provisions wero not Included In
the conference.
Compromise In Belgian Strike.
HrussolB Hclgium. Premier Charles
Do Hroquovlllo has announced In tho
chamber of deputies that tho govern-
ment had nccopted with an unimport-
ant nmendment tho resolution intro-
duced by F. Mnsson tho liberal lead-
er providing for n compromise In tho
polltlcnl strlko that has provallcd In
Holglum for nbout a week. This
monnB that tho strlko will end at onco.
Tho compromise Is regarded as fa-
vorablo to tho workmen nearly half
ii million of whom laid down tholr
tools to onforco tholr demand for equal
suffrage.
Tho leaders of tho socialist trades
unions and their followers gained
their chief point which was to mnko
tho government tako up for consider-
ation n chango of tho Belgian par-
liamentary franchise with Its hated
system of plural votes for the wealth-
ier and mom educated classes.
Elghty-Nlners Meet at Crescent
Crescent. Okla. Over 5000 poraons
attended tho unnunl celebration of
'SDors day at Crescent. Specln rlii)
from nil points brought visit re fit
delegations being nccompaiiic.i tj
bands. Tho InrgeBt delegation tnmo
from Outhrlo Iti two trains with band
and drum corps. Tho weather was
Idenl light clouds deadened the sun
heat rendering the nlr delightfully
cool.
Tho colobrntlon was a great success
In every way. Able addresses wero
dolUered by Dean tleorgo Hrndford
of tho oMthodlst university at Outhrlo
and by Judgo llrown of Oklahoma
City which filled tho full formnl pro-
gram. Tho city had prepared a lino
bnrbecued dinner nnd with tho picnic
dinner nrrongements' there wns morn
than tho great crowd could ent nnd
of splendid quality. Tho usual '89ers
parade was carried out In all the
special do'alls which gave tho Soon-
ors and tho schooner prominence
Prizes wero nwarded for various ex-
cellent features both In tho parade
nnd in sundry gntucs which holped
till the amusement program.
WILSON REAL PILOT
THIS 18 "MOST PERSONAL" AD-
MINISTRATION THAT EVER
HELD SWAY IN COUNTRY.
RULES WITH THE BIRCH ROD
Greater Legislative Acta of Present
Congress Will Bear Name of Presi-
dent Rather Than Their Legisla-
tive Champion.
By QEORQE CLINTON.
Washington. It begins to look to-
day as If nil the greator legislative
acts of tho present congress will boar
ns tltlos tho nnmo of Wilson. If tho
Underwood tariff bill goes through
both houses ln tho farm In which it
has been presented tho Alabama lead-
er's name will bo eliminated from It
by tho public nnd it will bo called the
Wilson bill. Members of congress say
this today nnd they go much further
by nddlng that currency reform and
nntl-trust bills no matter of what
houso or sennto parentage will bear
tho namo of tho man who today
"rules" from tho Whlto Houso.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma who is
chairman of tho now sennto commit-
tee on banking nnd currency which
wil. consider currency reform legisla-
tion already Is preparing for tho day
when ho with his fellow Democratic
committeemen must meet tho real pi-
lot fnce to faco In tho president's room
In tho sennto wing.
Democratic senators and representa
tives say that this lc tho "most per-
sonal" administration which ever hold
sway ln tho country. These snmo sen-
ators and representatives a fow yenra
ago objected strongly to what they
called tho big stick methods of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt wield
ed his big stick at a dlstanco and got
results. Mr. Wilson Is tnklng tho
schoolmaster's way of closo contact
with his pupils nnd Is using tho birch
rod In tho privacy of the cnpltol lec-
turo rooms.
Perhaps It Is too rough a way to put
It to Bay that tho birch rod Is being
used for from nil reports It would
seem that tho kindly persuasive meth-
od hnB been adopted by the president.
Ho lectures a bit It is said and his
themo is "Tho Duty to One's Country"
although the themo has occasionally
varied to "Tho Duty to One's Party."
President' Course Approved.
It is known ln Washington that Mr.
Wilson is getting hundreds of letters
dally from all parts of tho country up-
holding his "course of contact" with
the FMintors and representatives. In
the lust ten years it has become ap-
parent In Washington from the letters
which havo been received at tho
Whlto Houso and at tho capltol that
tho ordlnnry American citizen has
como to bolievo that congress the sen
ate particularly has been a law unto
Itself rather than n law unto the
country. When Roosevelt rebuked
congress r.: ! an attempt wns made to
rebuke him ln ret n t' e Whlto House
received ten letters on if n mendat 'on
for Its course to every ono rccclvtd
by tho houso of representatives.
This Democratic congress will un-
dertake to rovlso tho Sherman laws
to reform currency to provldo for of-
iclency nnd economy ln tho depart-
ment servico of tho government to
pass soma legislation looking to Phil-
ippine Independence to bango tho
presont course of conservation en-
deavor and to do soma other things
of high moment. On ovory one of
theso things Mr. Wilson hns said
something and It Is therefore taken
for granted hero that ho Intends to
say a good deal moro whon the proper
tlmo comes for tho consideration of
each piece of legislation. Ho will
send messages certainly on currency
reform becnuso ho has said so and
jirobably on tho other subjects. Theso
messages It is not believed he will
rend in porson but It Is thought thnt
ho will go to tho capltol after bills
havo been ptupnred on ench subject
and sent to the proper committees
and that ho will glvo to the Demo-
cratic majority of each committee at
closo rnngo his views of what form
tho bills should tako whon presented
to houso and sennto for majority con
sideration
Will Cut Expenses.
Men closo to tho administration
hint that the president wishes to
havo his administration go down
Into history as ono which accom-
plished an actual saving to the
government of $100000000 a year. It
was tho desire of Mr. Wilson's prede-
cessor in office that history should re-
cord a saving of this amount to his
administration but Mr. Tnft did not
Buccoed In doing nny more than build-
ing and starting tho machlno which
may turn out this big piece of econ-
omy. Hlstorlnns therefore may give
Mr. Wilson tho credit for accomplish-
ment but glvo Mr. Taft tho credit for
milking accomplishment possible and
writers of records may go back fur
titer Into history nnd glvo Theodore
Roosevelt a part of the Initial credit.
Daring the last three administra-
tions there were effort at economy.
Mr Roosevelt started what wai call-
ed the Keep commission which con-
cerned Itself largely with trying to
find out where the "leaka of service"
were and where best stoppers could
be put In. Mr. Taft appointed a com-
mission of economy and efficiency
whose work It was and still Is to
study the wholo situation as regards
expenditures and service In all the
departments and to mako saving
recommendations. Mr. Taft pent sev-
eral messages to congress accompany
Ing reports of the commission.
Frederick A. Cleveland who la
chairman of tho commission on econ-
omy nnd efficiency Is In frcquont con
ferences with President Wilson. A
year ago tho Democratic majority In
tho houso wanted to do away with tho
commission nnd Its activities but the
wiser counsol of tho leaders provalled
nnd tho three commissioners aro work-
ing today as hard as thoy did during
tho previous administration. Mr. Wil-
son wants to save $100000000 a year
but It can bo set down safely that he
thinks It Is possible this nmount ot-the
saving mny bo doubled.
Will Cut Revenues.
Tho Democratic tariff bill If It
passes congrcsB and Is signed by the
president in nnythlng like its present
form will cut tho yearly rovenues of
tho government to nn nmount vory
nearly cqunl to that which has been
sot down ns the president's dcslro to
savo by economy ami efficiency In gov-
ernment Tho Income tnx probably
wHl moro than mnko good the cut
caused by tho reduction ln tariff rates
but if $100000000 could bo saved tho
government could do nwoy with Its
income taxation if It choso nnd still
havo a yenrly Income equal to that of
tho prose
Tho economy and efficiency commis-
slon has survived many a storm and
It seems to bo In flno condition today
nnd to bo In sympathetic communica-
tion with tho president of tho United
States. It Is virtually assured thnt Mr.
Wilson Intends ln a message to urgo
tho budget system of handling tho
npproprlntlon bills nnd llkowlso to
urgo tho ndoptlon of n good mnny of
the reforms which Mr. Clovelnnd nnd
his associates on tho economy nnd
efficiency commission Walter W. War-
wick and Mcrrltt O. Chanco havo rec-
ommended. Somo of tho plans which
have been suggested for economy nnd
efficiency hnvo consed to worry any-
body. Tho Democrats last year were
mado to believe or at any rnto seem-
ingly made to bellove that If tho com-
mission's plans were adopted thou-
sands of men nnd women at work In
Washington would Iobc their places
that tho government service would be
crippled and that money could be
saved only at the expense of effi-
ciency. Tho government clerks have learned
that the plans of tho commission. If
adopted will not mean loss of places
but very likely the creation of more
places the salaries of which can be
paid out of the Bavlngs mndo while
tho government using tho surplus of
tho saving can oxtend Its bcnoflcent
operations into a good many fields
which It has not yet entered.
Take Kindly to Economy Plan.
Representatives In congress who be-
tWo In public buildings for tho home
distill is ..'id who also think that river
and harbor in iovrm"ntB are more
necessary than the people generally
seemingly nre willing to admit ti.no
boon taking kindly to tho plans for
saving hundreds of millions without
causing anybody to lose his Job and
with tho seeming certainty that the
government's beneficent functions can
bo extended.
With $300000000 or less saved
every yenr tho men who llko "pork
barrel" legislation think that there
wrll bo less opposition to public build-
ings and river and harbor Improve-
ments even thoso of tho not strictly
necessary kind.
The government's expenses Increase
year by year and It Is a natural In-
crenao In a wny becnuso tho needs
and tho numbers of tho governed con-
tinually Increase.
When tho "no office-seekers need
apply" sign was put up over the
door of tho White Houso early
last month there wns a great noise
and tho tone of it was protest more
or less charged with suggestions
of profanity. Now It is said that the
senators r.nd representatives In con-
gress aro rather pleased with tho new
order of things. They havo gone to
the cabinet officials with tholr pleas
for preferment for offlco for their
friends nnd havo found thnt tho mem-
bers of tho official family are under
strict Instructions from President Wil-
son to listen patiently to every proper
presentation of n man's enso and to
dccldo on the morlts thereof.
Woodrow .Wilson has mndo a great
mnny "polltlcnl" appointments to of-
flco nnd beforo ho gets through he
probably will make n good many
moro but Democrats claim and some
of the Republicans admit that It
seems ..s If the professional politi-
cians of the Democratic party are to
get less of the mere spoils of office
than some of tho party men think Is
their Just due after having been kept
away from the counter for sixteen
long year.
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